Reposted by Joel Califamtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026They didn't like Aaron Swartz's goals (making scientific knowledge more accessible to the public) and they do like the LLM companies' goals (permanently crushing the labor market for knowledge workers) 61919560
Joel Califa @joel.in · 04/08/2026AI is amazing for adhd because you can take an idea you haven't touched for over a decade and make a prototype in like 4 hours. 000
Joel Califa @joel.in · 21/02/2026the work you need to put into actually understanding something new and seeing it from a novel perspective is why I'm not super concerned about my job 160
Reposted by Joel CalifaInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 08/02/2026The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children 1111983814
Joel Califa @joel.in · 04/01/2026I think I might have gotten into angel investing too soon and it’s forcing me to take stock 000
Reposted by Joel CalifaCatt Small @catt.design · 12/12/2025My book, "The Staff Designer", was officially published by @rosenfeldmedia.com this week! 200+ pages of IC design leadership advice including personal experience and 20+ interviews with staff designers & managers ✨ It's performance reviews season. Get you a copy: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/the-st... 47120
Joel Califa @joel.in · 01/11/2025wonder how the kpop demon hunter voice actresses feel like to star in the top movie of the year but see the singers get 100% of press coverage 020
Joel Califa @joel.in · 05/10/2025so many grifter ads like "this is how I learned AI in 2025" buddy what does "learning AI" even mean 0100
Reposted by Joel CalifaMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 11/09/2025Gavin Newsom: Hey social media team! I need the Twitter password! Team: Sure thing boss! Here you go! Team: 🤔Wait... What do you need it for? Gavin Newsom: I'm just going to make a tweet about current events! Team: Which current event? Newsom: ...and sent! Team: Sir, which current event? 217821
Joel Califa @joel.in · 03/09/2025getting kind of hard to have a parasocial relationship with the dropout cast when everyone else also has a parasocial relationship with the dropout cast 120
Joel Califa @joel.in · 07/08/2025just watched kpop demon hunters and... have I been missing out on kpop?? 140
Reposted by Joel CalifaIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 12/07/2025100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting. The influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which now may be in jeopardy. radiologybusiness.com/topics/healt...radiologybusiness.comSenator, 100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meetingThe influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which some say could be in jeopardy. 7281174
Joel Califa @joel.in · 10/07/2025Just saw the "Common People" Black Mirror episode and I'll be back here in give or take a year once I manage to climb out of this black pit of depression 130
Reposted by Joel CalifaAnil Dash @anildash.com · 09/07/2025I have been saying for ~15 years that government agencies cannot require people to go to private social media services for vital public information. This is exactly fucking why. Multiple federal agencies RIGHT NOW require being logged into a site that promotes a second holocaust if you want updates. 8553134
Joel Califa @joel.in · 06/07/2025The point of life is to eat every weird fruit and pet every weird cutie 020
Joel Califa @joel.in · 26/06/2025Love that the expectation from Bernie after conceding the primary was to be a "team player" and do everything he could for Clinton/Biden/Harris (and be labeled a traitor to the party anyway) but Zohran can win the Dem primary and establishment Dems are masks off "nah fuuuuuck that" class over party 160
Reposted by Joel CalifaMother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/06/2025Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.motherjones.comFederal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidateBrad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan. 618195475828
Joel Califa @joel.in · 13/06/2025PSA: if you are gleeful about any civilian population getting bombed—be it in tehran, gaza, or tel aviv—you might be an evil piece of shit who's lost the plot 2100
Joel Califa @joel.in · 12/06/2025delicious in dungeon is a concept that really shouldn't work but very much does 330
Reposted by Joel CalifaGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/05/2025I love that the true progressives in this race seem to understand the moral necessity to block Cuomo and are willing to actually help each other to achieve that. Cuomo is civic poison. Please do not rank him at all on your ballots, friend. He'll hurt us all. 115247
Joel Califa @joel.in · 17/05/2025Damn this was the best Eurovision in recent memory. My top 10: 1. Finland (!!!) 2. Estonia 3. Latvia 4. Austria 5. France 6. Switzerland 7. Israel 8. Sweden 9. Albania 10. Luxembourg A++ across the board, so few misses this year 200
Reposted by Joel Califaonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Why didn’t the liberals and the anti-Nazi conservatives unite to stop Hitler? The answer will not make you feel great about today’s Democratic Party. 715266
Joel Califa @joel.in · 17/05/2025if al gore invented the internet then who invented al gore ithms 160
Reposted by Joel CalifaMike Dawson @mikedawson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025What George Lucas got right about the original trilogy, but has never managed to replicate since, is that I was a little kid when those came out 6176541184
Joel Califa @joel.in · 09/05/2025It is the year 2025. I am in a meeting and huddled behind me are 5 separate AI note takers doing the same job. 050
Reposted by Joel CalifaAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 05/05/2025As we talk about extensively in our book and on the pod, these systems are designed to output patterns from their training data, not output any real truth claim. Any belief that they would become better with larger or "more advanced" models is just wishful thinking. 416858
Reposted by Joel CalifaRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 23/04/2025Dudes who don't know how to talk to girls making software for other dudes who don't know how to talk to girls who will rightfully mock them if they try this and then a whole bunch of other dudes who don't know how to talk to girls will swoop in to tell them women are evil, very cool future we have 825844
Reposted by Joel CalifaAmyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025using substack directly funds rightwing agitprop. this is not in question. substack is a UBI program for fash: they actively recruit them and pay them in advance. 316385
Joel Califa @joel.in · 21/04/2025absolute insane brand positioning lmao cluely.comcluely.comCluelyTake the short way. 130
Reposted by Joel CalifaJeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 19/04/2025I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning 387346206701
